protests Marianne Merten Students from the Cape Peninsula joined their colleagues in Soweto in protest against Afrikaans as a medium of instruction and police brutality 25 years ago. August 11 marks the 25th anniversary of the protests by pupils from Langa and Guguletu townships, which spread across the Cape Flats and prompted solidarity demonstrations by […]

RUGBY Andy Colquhoun in Fremantle In 1850 building work began on a new detention centre to house 75 convicts, the first wave of felons despatched to Fremantle to begin a new life as far away as possible from the delicate sensibilities of British society. Today the building is the Esplanade hotel and houses the Springbok […]

It should be noted that, after the government, no organisation in this country is doing more to handle the appalling results of the Aids pandemic, using both local and foreign funding, than the Catholic Church, led by its bishops. These men are fully aware of what is going on. They see and know all about […]

Khadija Magardie When it comes to political chutzpah, even the most cynical would concede: Benazir Bhutto oozes it. In South Africa this week to attend Women’s Day celebrations, she made no secret of her primary raison d’tre to lobby for international support for her return to Pakistan, where she was once prime minister. Despite imprisonment, […]

Khadija Magardie The Office of the Public Protector has confirmed that it is investigating the CEO of the Commission on Gender Equality (CGE), Zith Mahaye. A representative for Public Protector Selby Baqwa’s office this week said it is in the process of investigating a complaint against Mahaye, but has not yet made any findings. The […]

Ntuthuko Maphumulo Bafana Bafana have played a number of games against non-African opposition but have managed to win only once. They beat Sweden 1-0 in 1999 with a goal scored in the dying minutes of the second half by the former African Wanderers and Kaizer Chiefs striker Siyabonga Nomvete. Nomvete, who now plies his trade […]

Marianne Merten Women seeking protection from domestic violence have benefited from the 1999 Prevention of Domestic Violence Act despite overburdened courts, inadequately trained officials, lack of finance and under-resourced police. Much has depended on innovative approaches such as enlisting the help of a cleaner as translator at a police station and the personal commitment of […]

REVIEW Gavin Foster Subaru Forester GX R217 950 Subaru’s Forester GX is rather different from its often-pretentious opposition. More station wagon than sport utility vechicle, it offers something that many more macho-looking four-wheel drives don’t a low-range gearset for when the going gets tough. Its longish overhangs and limited ground clearance mean that the Forester […]

If Wouter Basson is to be believed, the apartheid government had secret dealings with its enemies, writes Marlene Burger Of all the riddles wrapped in mystery inside enigmas raised by the trial of Wouter Basson, the one causing the most head-scratching is the averred link between the apartheid government’s chemical warfare programme and one of […]